Sosua: Where can I buy these foods?

cjewell

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YAYYYY to DR1!!!! On my list was bagels so all sorts of people were PM'ing me how to make bagels from scratch and different recipies. I just made the MOST delicious bagels with glutan free whole wheat bread flour, sundried tomatoes, onions, flax seed and a couple of other things. Best bagel I have every eaten... and I made it myself!!! Guess sometimes its better not to be lazy and buy it premade and just make it yourself.
 

dv8

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Yep - you re-affirmed my thought on the bars and OMG are you right about the tune. I make salads with tuna all the time and I recall a can of solid white tune in water at Playero equated to almost $4 USD. I can get that here for $1.60 per/can. Lifesaver - thank you

jose luis has bonito del norte tuna in glass jars. few pieces inside. and the price? nearly 1000 pesos.
 

keepcoming

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Too much sodium in canned food. I try to stay way from it as much as possible. Fresh is preferred otherwise frozen. I brought back some Mrs Dash seasoning and I am trying to use it in place of salt. For some reason this past year the sodium in foods has gotten to me.
 

ctrob

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YAYYYY to DR1!!!! On my list was bagels so all sorts of people were PM'ing me how to make bagels from scratch and different recipies. I just made the MOST delicious bagels with glutan free whole wheat bread flour, sundried tomatoes, onions, flax seed and a couple of other things. Best bagel I have every eaten... and I made it myself!!! Guess sometimes its better not to be lazy and buy it premade and just make it yourself.

Sosua needs a bagel shop. And muffins.
 
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They do it in Cabarete...

Maybe it could be done overnight in one of the town's many pizza shops. They'd need a kettle for boiling and a freezer cabinet for the dough. (I worked a bagel oven in Oregon 20 years ago making 5,000 a night...)

A 50 pound bag of flour would make about 600 bagels. Maybe if they got the hotels..
 

the gorgon

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So I sent someone into Playero and there were some things either not there or ridiculous prices. Hoping for some help. Where can I buy:

- Chick peas
- Granola
- Pita Bread
- Bagels in bulk
- Canned oranges

I am talking grocery store prices or bakery possibly compatiable with grocery store type prices. Chick peas is the biggest problem on the list

canned oranges? in the caribbean? exactly why?
 
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Can someone post a good bagel recipe? Now that I have found some bread flour I am interested in doing more.

The DR flour did not work well for bread.

I'll post on the recipe thread. But be warned, it's a LOT of work if you're just making a dozen or so.
 

cjewell

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I'll post on the recipe thread. But be warned, it's a LOT of work if you're just making a dozen or so.

Aint that the truth - it took me almost an hour to make 5 yesterday LOL. Here's hoping that I get a little bit faster in time.
 

mobrouser

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The issue is the baking soda in the water bath reacts with the aluminum cookware. Some recipes suggest that for true, authentic bagels they should be boiled in a lye solution which I think would be even worse.

Use teflon, or even pizza stones if you have them. If all you have is an aluminum tray, then line it with parchment paper - if you have it. The reaction is worse obviously in the boiling process, that's why I suggested that if possible don't use aluminum sheets.

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the gorgon

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The issue is the baking soda in the water bath reacts with the aluminum cookware. Some recipes suggest that for true, authentic bagels they should be boiled in a lye solution which I think would be even worse.

Use teflon, or even pizza stones if you have them. If all you have is an aluminum tray, then line it with parchment paper - if you have it. The reaction is worse obviously in the boiling process, that's why I suggested that if possible don't use aluminum sheets.

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mob

thanks.

actually, i have read articles where the bagels which are boiled in the lye solution are the best..
 

mobrouser

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In case it wasn't clear, when I said worse in relation to the lye solution, I meant that I thought the reaction with the cookware would be worse, not the end product. ;)
 

the gorgon

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i kinda got the idea, but just mentioned what i did because many people might get a bit squeamish when they hear that their food was prepared using lye..